Famous people from Hegeney
The neighbour with the longest list is Haguenau, 6 mi away: 52, led by Sébastien Loeb. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Hegeney. Strasbourg’s 826 names make the longest list in Bas-Rhin. Across Bas-Rhin, the lists cover 145 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Hegeney (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hegeney yet.
Famous people born near Hegeney
Of the towns nearby, Haguenau lists the most people: 52.
Reichshoffen · 5 miFrançois Rossé & 3 more
Soultz-sous-Forêts · 7 miFrédéric Alphonse Musculus & 2 more
Gundershoffen · 4 miAlfred Reilinger & 1 more
Schweighouse-sur-Moder · 5 miChristian Bartholmèss & 1 more
Niederbronn-les-Bains · 6 miRémy Bricka & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Hegeney
Who counts as from Hegeney?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hegeney itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- François Rossé: Free son, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Alphonse Musculus: Antoine Meyer, Colmar , Photographe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Reilinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Bartholmèss: Schultz, C. ((lithogr)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémy Bricka: Tom53, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.